Award-winning author Robert Burleigh has captured Amelia Earhart's first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932. She was only the second person to do this -- and the first woman. Rich in detail, feeling and incident this is nonfiction with edge and action, a you-are-there experience made more dramatic and real by Wendell Minor's vivid paintings.
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"A worthy new addition to the recent spate of books about the famous aviatrix, Burleigh's story concentrates on Earhart's 1932 solo flight from Newfoundland to Ireland, placing compelling poetic emphasis on her single-hearted struggle. Why? Because women must try to do things as men have tried, writes Burleigh, quoting Earhart." -- Booklist
Recommended Age | 4 - 8 |
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Author | Robert Burleigh |
Illustrator | Wendell Minor |
ISBN | 9781416967330 |
Publication Date | Feb 22, 2011 |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
Language | English |